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NPP Youth Organiser rejects suspension; accuses party leadership of witch-hunting

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Suspended Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Nabdam Constituency of the Upper East Region, Lawrence Agengre, has rejected the decision by the Upper East Regional Secretariat of the party to suspend him; saying he suspects witch-hunting.

Mr. Agengre was suspended indefinitely after the Regional secretariat of the party was petitioned over his alleged diversion of campaign resources meant for the 2020 general elections.

But reacting to his suspension in an interview with A1Radioonline.com, the embattled Youth Organiser refuted the claims suggesting he diverted campaign funds and other items.

“The campaign money wasn’t handed to me as an individual but as an electoral area campaign team which I belong to. The regional chairman gave the money for the house-to-house campaign but he did not give it to me as an individual whereby I could be accused of pocking the money or diverting it. We were in a meeting with the other campaign team members when he handed over the money all of us. It is therefore surprising that the petitioners are accusing me as an individual of diverting the money.”

Again, Mr. Agengre submitted that the purported petition which was used as the basis for his indictment was forged, because according to him, one of the persons who were captured as signatories to the petition has denied knowledge of same and subsequently issued a rejoinder to that effect.

“The petition was forged in the sense that one Abanga Naoh, listed as one of the petitioners has come out to say he was never consulted neither did he thumbprint the said petition. And when he got wind of it, he wrote distancing himself from the petition.”

Suspecting what he described as witch-hunting, Mr. Agengre accused the Nabdam Constituency Chairman and Secretary as well as the Upper East Regional Chairman of the party for acting out of sheer hatred.

He went on to refer to portions of the NPP’s constitution; stating the leadership of the party did not go through the right processes in suspending him.

“The party leadership did not do due diligence. If they had perused the whole petition that was forged and gone though the withdrawal letter, the disclaimer and the campaign team members’ letter, it would have given them a clear understanding that the petition didn’t have any substance for them to use in suspending me. That is why in my view and with all these facts that I’ve gathered; it’s making me not to accept the suspension because there is a wicth-hunt.

I don’t accept the suspension because according to Article 3 clause of the party’s constitution, they should have given me a fair hearing; and if I was found culpable, then they could come out with the suspension. But since that was not done, I don’t accept the suspension because there was no fair hearing.” He said.

Meanwhile, Mr. Agengre is expected to officially respond to the Upper East Regional Secretariat of the party on the allegation of diverting campaign resources leveled against him.

Source: A1Radioonline.com|101.1MHz|Ghana

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